GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| brink | edge |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |